Upgrading a GFI MailArchiver 4 installation to GFI MailArchiver 5

If you want to upgrade from GFI MailArchiver 4 to GFI MailArchiver 5, follow these steps:

1. Run the GFI MailArchiver setup program by double-clicking on the MailArchiver5.exe file. The installation wizard will perform some unpacking operations and then display the Welcome page. Click Next to continue.

2. Follow the installation wizard on-screen instructions.

3. The installation wizard displays the finish page when the installation completes. Click Finish to close the installation wizard.

GFI MailArchiver database schema updates

If there are any updates to the database schema, the installation wizard will inform you about this with the following screenshot.

The installation will disable email collection and archiving from the mail servers configured, since GFI MailArchiver cannot use the databases until you perform the update procedure outlined below.

Screenshot 17 - Database schema updates

When the installation completes you need to perform the following steps to update the database schema of the archive stores configured and re-enable email collection and archiving from the mail servers configured.

1. Access the GFI MailArchiver configuration as outlined in the ‘Introduction to the Configuration’ section of the ‘Configuring GFI MailArchiver’ chapter.

2. Click on the GFI MailArchiver > Configuration > Archive Stores node, in the left navigation pane.

3. Click the button, to the right of the archive store, to launch the Archive Store Wizard.

4. Go through the pages of the Archive Store Wizard by clicking Next until you reach the database verification page. Then click Yes to update the database schema.

Screenshot 18 - Upgrade database schema

5. When the upgrade completes, the wizard displays Database verification successful. Click Next until you reach the wizard finish page.

6. Click Finish to close the wizard.

7. Repeat steps 3 to 6 for each archive store configured in the Archive Stores page.

8. Click Save Settings.

9. Click on the GFI MailArchiver > Configuration > Archive Stores Management node, in the left navigation pane. If you configured archive stores in this page, follow steps 10 to 15. If not, go to step 16.

10. Click the button, to the right of the archive store, to launch the Archive Store Wizard.

11. Go through the pages of the Archive Store Wizard by clicking Next until you reach the database verification page. Then click Yes to update the database schema.

12. When the upgrade completes, the wizard displays Database verification successful. Click Next until you reach the wizard finish page.

13. Click Finish to close the wizard.

14. Repeat steps 10 to 13 for each archive store configured in the Archive Stores Management page.

15. Click Save Settings.

16. You now need to re-enable email collection and archiving from the mail servers configured. To do so, click on the GFI MailArchiver > Configuration > Mail Servers to Archive node, in the left navigation pane.

17. Click the button, to the right of the mail server, to launch the Mail Server Wizard.

18. On the first page of the Mail Server Wizard, select the Archive emails from this server check box.

19. Click Finish to close the wizard.

20. Repeat steps 17 to 19 for each mail server configured in the Mail Servers to Archive page.

21. Click Save Settings.